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/ '? \ VOLUME X I CAMDEN, 8.C., Fit! DAY ;-rr || ' illnif fort li your triumphs, II i*U<r !? tl .fill otirih ahull loam thrt .?lory; Bvveot 1* t Iio news y ur iiiiikIo till*, llo llvos, tho Kliit; ol Glory! Tlio Limb, wtio was for sinners *1<?;:>. Oomog forth from (loath in might t<< ivijjn. IJollyo* thft Tfio* of man to |jlo?4, To bullish euro nn<\ hailncss, All ^rlttf.s to ln'iil, all wrong* ro<\ro , To Mil tin.) Pint li wl'h Kladni'ss. Tito L:unb, who wits ( >r finni r* plain, Doth now for tu'anV ro.loinptlo'i rt'ix ?? ! THE LITTLE HUMPBACKED GIRL. A Child's taster Story. D'AlK nvor hero, said Qliviu, and I will toll you Miu Easter talc. Thcro w a s onco'a woman who ha?l an only (laugh* i tor that was very j 8ina! I and pale and altogether a o in o u hat different froin j other e h i 1 <1 r e n. i When she look the j littlo ono out for a I walk tho people stood and looked at the child iiml whispered among thorn eelvos. Wbon tho litllo girl asked her | mother why t.()4<peoplo looked at her j so strangely t-h? tmdher always re- ; plied, "it is because yon have on s^ieli | u boautiful new dress." Thereupon tho little one was contented. As soon, 1 however, as they returned home tho j mother would clasp her little daugh- ! ter ia her arms, kiss her again and j Hgiiiu nndflny: ''Yon sweet little angel, | what won hi become of yon if 1 worn ; to die? Nooue, uoteven your father, I knows what a dear little angel you ' are!" Home time aftcrwaid the mother be came suddenly sieh and,. she died on the ninth day. Tlreroujjkm the father of tho little girl threw himself in de spair on the deathbed ami asked to be buried with his ^vife. Jlis friends, however, spoko to/ him and comforted I him, and so he 1 <if i his wife's body, j and a yen^ Inter he took unto himself j another wife, who was lovolior, young er and'riclier thin his lirst wife, but by no means as good. And from the day that her mother died tho little girl spent her whole time from morning till evening seated at tho window sill in thosittiug room, sinco tliero was no ouo who would take hoi out for a walk. She had be come even paler tlwn before and she had not grown at fell during the latter years. When lior new mother came to tho bouso sho said to herself: "Now I will ? go out walking again in tho city and on tho beautiful promenades where tho sun shines so brightly, where thcro are so many lovely shrubs nud (Towers and wh#ro thero is such a bl'owd of handsomely dressed people." For" sho lived in a narrow littlo alley, in which tho sun Seldom shone, and when 8be sat on the 'window sill she saw only a little bit pf tho blno sky ? a bit not larger tliaii a pocket baud kercliief. Her now. mother wont out ucarly every day in tbo forenoon and afternoon, and each time sho woro a very '?beautiful dress, much more beautify) than any dress tho tirst mother had -evor owned, fhit sho never to?k the littlo girl with her. , Finally tho child took ho?rt, and ono day she earnestly bogged her now mother to tako kor out with her.' Tho mother, however, refused bluntly, saying: "Yon are hot smart enough. What would tho people think if tlioy wore to see mo with you? You are a little hnmpbapk. Humpbacked chil dren never go walking, but always ejay at home." ?j. Thereupon tho littlo girl bccamo very quiet, and as soou as her new mother had left tho house she got on a chair . - and looked in a mirror and saw that indeed she was humpbacked, badly humpbacked. Then sho sat again on _ . tho wiudow sill and looked out into tho streot and thought of her good old mother, who, in spito of her hump back, had taken her out walking ovcry day. _ The sho thought again of her liump. "What is inside of if, I wonder!" ?he ?aid to herself. "Thcro must bo something inside of such a hump as this is." Many ? strange fanoy onterod her lsolioM, Jroin wli.U>r'rt thrall froo, Tito lilies fair aro 6|>rliiKlng; Tlmlr ru'lltuit bloom, in liulv Rloav Tint waking earth is l-rhiglai;, A tribute to tiif li'iiiib oiu'ii .slain. Now ratio kt iu cuJloas mi^nt to rolk'n. Come forth ye nouU, In now lito, This bUwso>l Maxtor morning; Willi hlooiu of U>V" ftiut beauty rife. Ilb^raco Ixi your a<larnliin; Tii? I. a sili. w 1 1 1> tor you was Maui, J)otU l>iil you ritfo wllli.lilni ami rotxn, ? ? '/ ' pfctc.l out of n!l shapes by such an ug ' iy hump. Tli cs stories of fairica which j her dear mother hud tuKl Uvt omtio ! Lack to her memory, ami in childish j fashion t>ho sometimes praygil that VISIT OK Til IS ANOF.fi MOTllEIt. j some good fairy would cotuo and tako j away the bunion that threatened to ! blight hor wholo lifo. Oh, if slio were only like other children! Was <fhere 0110 of them ! who loved the siiushine and tho flow ers bettor than she, and yet among I them all was there one who paw so Nitt-lo of tho sunshine nnd tho llowers as she did? From her noal by tho window she saw tho littlo ones play- | iug in the narrow street, and as their frequent poalt of morry lau prliter camo to her ear, her question, "Why am I not HUa<other cliil JrcuV bccamo ever iioro urgent. v So the summer passed, ami when winter "came the litllo girl was Btill pale and she had becomo bo weak that she could no longer sit on her window will, bat was obliged to romaiu lying in bed, and, just when tho snowdrops wore beginning to peep above ground, the good old mother' came to her ono night and told her how glorious anct beautiful it wan in heaven. Tho following morning tho child was dead. "Don't weep, father" said her now mother; "it is best for the poor child." And the girl's father answered no word, bnt simply nodded his head. The little girl was bnried, bnt on Easter morn an angel with large white wings like a swan flew * down from heafflttT seated himself beside Hie grave and knocked1 thet eon, ** though it were a door. And soon the little girl came forth from tho- grave and the angel told her that he had came to take her to b?r mother in keaven. Then the little girl a*k<41 in a tremb ling voice whether ?vm hnmplmsked MirttL ? saS^-?S?$f?5u Uglld not ooocei?. neb ? tbisgpoe* ~~ t ?Mid,. yooar# bo Mgi JVlUl light uj> into the fsluy iky. On the loftieht aeut in h?*av<m ?-rtt her good , oUl wcthtn* nwaiting her with out* TI1R TRANSFORMATION. M retched nrms, and tho child flow sti night into hoi' lap. ? Now York i ^ Si' <* . -? t % ? EASTER MONDAY EGG-ROLLING. IIioiihiihU of (/'liiltll'ril Spend u Joyuoi !>?)? In t li *> WSitle lloimo (Jl'oiliiilg. Cliflord Howard, in writing of tho annual Easter Monday egg-lolling in tho White House grounds at Washing ton, gives a line glimpse of tho spot in the Ladies' Home Journal. "The chief points of attraction," ho says, "are tho mounds of hillocks that rise in gentle slope from the lawn in vnri ous parts of the grounds. Their sides are richly carpeted with 'soft, thick grass, and here it is that littlo chil dren roll their eggs. They clamber rip tho hill.stdo with their haskots, tho littlo tots crawling up on hands and knees, and then turn and roll their eggs one by ono down tho green slope. J5ut the children do not conlino them selves to rolling eggs. Many of them take more pleasure in sitting about iu groups and picking eggs with ono an other. This is done by striking twi eggs together 011 tlioir points. The ono whoso egg is broken in this en counter is tho loser and gives up hit egg to tho other. This gamo is par ticularly enjoyed by tho colored chil dren, for it gives them u good eppor '? v ? --1 ; tunity and a good exjtso to eat eg gs, and there in nothyrfg they like better. ! I Preparatory t.o^iV encounter each lit ? i lie follow tenls the harduenH of hit ? j e<?g by knocking it against his teath. ; It' it can btnnd this tout it it) eonsid- j ored a good ono for picking, and tin owner sullies forth with a broad grin, coniidont of success. The boy wlu owns a gooHo egg or a turkey egg is i prinoo among his fellows. Occasion ? ally such a boy appear*. In all prob ; ability liis shoes aro torn, his clothei i are patched and his woolly head it . adorned with an antiquated moth j eaten fur csp. But he eonhl be nc } prouder uor commaud greater respect ' if he were adorned with tegal robes. : He is immediately surrounded and followed whorever ho goes by a band of admirefe, who adopt him as their ohampion and defy auybody to pick | an egg with him/'- j i Hoi Crow Bona. Hot crows bans, so generally eaten Good Friday, bare ma ay supersti tions connected with tbam. They are kept by the English peasantry from one.Vear to the next, being partaken lot isiwirw sieknees aflnets Mm fain herds and beisg oussldsred * pi remedy. Aaetfcer legend if Mfodror lo?ev?Meod in | A lilli DAM BREAKS, i | Austin, Texas, Swept l>\ a Raging Hood. SIMILAR TO JOHNSTOWN HORROR. j - J j til.ctrlc Light rintl Power Plain With ! 1 Operatives tlo u l ull Damage i Hard to Intimate. Austin, Tex.. Special. ? This oitv is in pitch darkness with a raging river on* j inilo wide ami swollen fur beyond its | natural banks roaring and (surging through all the lower portions of the j town, having spread destruction and I death in its wake. In addition to tho i vast loss to property interests. It Is cal* j (-ulated that between ;?o and 10 lives have been sacrificed, and ihe reports ; com lim iu front lh?* Mibtmny country j do not tend to improve matter.-*. 'I ho flood Is not unlike the disastrous Pohn |< j iMTH ago',' in inat u raging river, already swollen far be yond its capacity, bore too heavily j upon an Immense tlaiu spanning the river here, ifr.oaklng it ami lotting loose ( a reservoir of water 30 miles long, half i a mile wide and sixty feet deep, to all 1 in carrying destruction down tho val . leys of the Colorado river. The great j dam in the Colorado river nave way from the enormous pressure of water* nml debris and with a roar and crash swept Ihe valleys below the city, wreck - ; lilt? the Immense lifciit and power plant, I and drowning eight workmen. Follow I dng Is a list of the known dead, includ ? lug those killed In the power bouse: 1 Frank I'lncet, Frank Kinney, Walter Flower, Walter Johnson, Alfred John son, Frank Fitzgerald, Walter Nh>.? som,< Joseph Newman. Dick Morris* 1 (colored); John Proes, (.'has. Hivrehard. Six negroes. I ytist Wednesday night it began to rain very hard at this place, tho storm i extending north of here along the wat i er sheds of the Colorado river. The ! precipitation continued until the down j fall aggregating six Inches. All this vast quantltyof water along <lie water sheds of the Colorado river rapidly swelled the current until the river, : which had been rising steadily was n ! raging torrent, having ristfti *10 feet i within ten hours. ' After daylight It became evident that tho situation was sprlout?. The river began to rise so rapidly that it was evident that the immense dam and all tho power houses and contents. cost ing $1,500,000. were In Imminent rtnn ? gor. To add to the terror of the situa tion. small frame houses, trees and I debris of every description in varying quantities began descending the river ard piling up against the upper face of the dam. This weight was augmented every moment, until by 10 o'clock there was a mass of debris lodged against the dam which threatened the safety of the structure. In addition, millions of gallons of water, mud.ried from Its long journey, was whirling and plung ing to the ylxty foot fall, and It. was evident that no wall could withstand ?he immense pressure. The crisis canio shortly after 11 o'clock, when sudden ly with a report like the roar of tho ocean, tho dam but Bcrved to add to tho horror of rolled out of the centre seotlon of the dam down the face uf the CO foot depth Into the river below. This left a yawning gap In the very middle of the dam through which tho debris and water fiercely poured while tho flood, already raging, was threat Piling everything in its path. This sud den breaking of t>he dam, but served to odd to the horror of the catastro phe. The released water poured into the power hquse, catching eight employes at work H.here. drowning all of them ; Instantly. The breaking of the dam j caused wild excitement In the city, j The telegraph companies at onco , ?wired to places below here to look out for the great wave and runera were dispatched on' Jiorscs to notify those living In the valleys below the city. The telegraphic messages served as a timely warning to many, but the rush ing waters outstripped the horsemen and many bouses were picked up and ?wept ?,way before the occupants could get togcthor their valuables. Within a tfhort time all the valleys to the south and west of Austin were filled to overflowing with water nnd tho southern part of the city tribu tary to the rlvJ# was Inundated. Large crowds collected on the river banks nnd several persons were sv'ept Into the river when the dam broke, but all were saved by boatmen. A orowd or white people numbering about 30. living just below tho dam, In tents, were seen at their habitations Just before the dam broke and have not b*en ccounted for since. It Is gener ally believed that all of them were ?wopt away. Bishop Jackson Resigns. New York, Special.? The Protestant Episcopal bouse of bishops has been ?ailed to meet la special session in this city on April 19. It Is usual for the bishops to meet half yearly, but at the present time there are several Impor tant maftters which bring them togeth er. The T?alp?tk>n of the bishop co adjutor of Alabama, mill be received, and R is ?Ud, accepted. Charges were circulated to. his diocese, against the eharacter of Bishop Jackson to such an 1 ?zteat that the bishop felt his useful i bMS Impaired and a resignation tho i test aolntlon i ' Taylor Cass Oaoa Up. nunllt fltilsf Tns ??? of the Court of Appeal* of tk? Oonxl af Appeala to 1h9\ TREASURY STATEMENT. r* 1 lie Secretary Submits Ills Report to ' Congress as Requested. Washington. IV C, S|MViftl.-' -Tho Secretins of I It ?> Treasury lias soi\t to I Congress his reply to the House resolu. I (Ion of April #d. which called fur infor- I mation as to w bother. In bis opinion tho present revenue laws are treating ami will continue to oreato a surplus 1 I in the Treasury, ami if so, to what ex- ! ( tent at tb:: end of tho fiscal year and n i i like report a.s to i ho next fiscal year; J also his est i mat es of the probable ro- j colpls of the Treasury from all t.ouroes of revenue for those years, and also the amount ot Internal revenue taxes re ceived under tho war rovontio net upon articles not (heretofore taxe<l: The secretary, in his reply est I males the surplus tor the fiscil year ending I June Jlo, 19UU. at i7U.00U.UftU. mm follows- J Receipts: Customs $233,000,000; in- i ternal revenue $2!?2.000,000; inisceUa- J noons ?35.(HiO.OO0; total $5i>0.000.000. Dxpemlitui es: Civil $104,000,000; ! war $135,000,000: navy $r?r>,000l0o0; in- I dians $1 I ,tiOO,UO(l; pensions $ 143. 000,000; j interest $12,000,000; t ota I $190, OoO.OOO. j The surplus for tho fiscal year ending Juno 30. 1901, is estimate 1 at $82,000, ? 000. as follows: Receipts, customs j $240,000,000; internal revmu) $300,000,- : 000; miscellaneous $3?.non,ooo; total j $577,000,000. Fxprndltui es. civil $115.- J out), 000; war $125,000,000; navy $i>0,- j iMio.ooo ; Indians $10,000,000: pensions $1 4.1,000,000; in to, rest $40,000, OOO; total ; $195,000,000. Total internal revenue taxe^, received . under the war revenue act upon arti cle? not theretofore taxed wan $97,of>5,- j 249. This amount includes $43,724, 541 ; for the llscal year 1899. and $33, 330, 708 . for the (list n i no mouths of tho fiscal j year 1900. TUdor schedule A $38,018, 0S1 is given for 1899, and $27,439,022 i for tho first six months of the fiscal 1 year l!i00; under schedule H $5,219,737 ; and $3,403,000; legacies $1,235,435 and j $1,000,872; excise tax $C (3.440 ami i $820,010; mixed Hour $7,S41 and $<!,? 314. Against Clark. Washington, f). C., Special.? The 'j Senate commit toe on privileges an<\ I elections have decided by n unanimous I vou* to iw^inmend the adoption of a ' resolution declaring that lion, \V. A. ' Clark, of Men'. ana. is not entitled to occupy his seat nu Senator front Mon tana. This decision followed a two hours session at which tho members spoke at length on the question. Sen ator Harris, of Kansas, sftid thai what ever Mr. Clark's offenses, they were but little worse than tho methods pursued by Congressman Campbell and ex State Senator Whiteside In their efforts to expose the Senator, nttd'lf he Insist ed that if the report was (o be antag onistic 'to Mr, Clark, it should at the same time*' relate In full detail the coursft pursued by the two principal witnesses against lllm. Senator Pet-' tus practically agreed with Mr. Harris. The concensus of opinion of the Com mittee was thS'l lite cumulative char acter of tho testimony should be con- \ pldercd. rnthcr than any one especial feature. Senators Chandler and Tttrley were directed to prepare the report. Ic 5s expected to be pescntod at an early day. Georgia Populists. Atlanta, fJa., Special.? The Middle | of the Road Ponullsts of Georgia have nominated the following ticket: Oov- j ernor.l. H .Vl'itylor, of Troup county;.! Sox-rotary iin State. Dr. L. L. Clements j of Miltrtnj/A t lorney (ieperal. I'\ II. Saf- ' fold, of Ifmanuel; State Treasurer, .1 W. Park, f)f ?Meriwether; Commission* r o? Agrlcinture, W. T. Flint, of Tul In form ; Prison Commissioners. J. T. Dickey, of I^moii, ?nd S. (i. MeCand- 1 less, of Butts. The eight delegates at i large to tho Cincinnati convention | were instructed for Wharton Barker,, of Philadelphia, for President, and Igna- j tins Donnelly, for Vice-President To View the Kcilpse. Princeton, N. J.. Special. ? Prof. C. A Youiir, head of the astronomical do- ( partiftent. announced that Prof. Win. , Li'bbey Will no to NVadeaboro, N. f\, to mal<e the preliminary a ran somen U- 1 for the Princeton putty. which will view the lotal eclipse of the nun at that i plaoe on May 28. The party will lonvu , Princeton on May 18. vi CiMwiVV Rffuci. VM' MtMMvdi Mokct of m a e**dld*te for Vict PtMMftf L mod who The Telegrsph Troubles. Atlanta. (Ja.t Special. ? President Powell 4ia? wired the President of tho Southern Raihvay *y?tem, laying before him tho position of the telegraphers ,|n the pending controversy over wages mm! esklng bin intervention witb the view of settling the differences peace ably and without a strike. Mr. Powell, president of , <tb# Railway Telegraph ers, says he will be willing to leavi)tho disputed points to W. H. Baldwin, Jr., president of the Uwg Island Railway, and abide by his decision or to three responsible end fair-minded citizen* of A WINTER CAMPAIGN j ?( ?' Lord Roberts Has Conic to Realize j That He is in t or It. | ? .. ? I BO! KS STILL FIGHT STUBBORNLY* j ? ? Probabilities Are Ihat the liritisK Activity In 5outh Africa Is About j Over Till the Spilng Opens There. - He-enforcement a tlolng forward. j ? ... l^oadon. By Cable. 1 airing ac tivity *?f the Boerw southeast ami j southwest of Bloeinfontein continues, , the Boor commandos seemingly com ing apd going throughout a wide to- | ^ Ion a.s they please. hut takinK Kt>olJ ( oar* not ?<? throw themselves against 1 hi rong bodies of the Brltlah. I he ie- j tireineuL of tl??? *->?? ? Rouwllle t<> Allwal. loaves General j lira haul without communication with the other British ton <? He has 2.000 or j 3,000 Colonials Molding a One defensho j ?ountry. hut he 1* apparently Invented, j so far as London huown. Telegraph and railroad communica- J iion with Bloeinfontein are kept up as , usual, hut nothing conuv* through foi public consumption. lxnd Roberta last message w?yt dated April 0, ami the last unoflfciat measure bore the date ?>f j April 7. The absence of news an usual disheartens the people and produces an altogether discouraging effe.o*. 1 he | last uuoflllclal message notes that g?*>d ? wplrits at Bloeinfontein are continuing and tells or the arrival or animals, and j two Jtesh cavalry regiments. l>??-d ; Robots has now 15,000 mounted men j altogether. In the Orange Free SUU j Lhe situation ia complex, with scanty ? material for forming a correct esti mate of the situation. i Britons are now beginning, though reluctantly, to realize that. Lord Rob erta la In for a winter lampalgn, last L?k several months. This ia the end in a raw words, or theJilgh hopes hnsc<> upon l^ord Roberta' brilliant dash to Kllhberley and Bloemfontein. Prepara tions are being made to hold Hloeinfon teln against surprises. l>ord Kltelieuer nas beeji given an important duty, be ing .responsible for the protwUon of the railway, while l^ord Roberts i\. waiting ft* io-inounA and wlntcjr cloth ing for the troops, whose thin cotton khaki uniforms and boota are worn out. General Brabant and Genera Gatncre are both at a standstill. l*>nl Roberts will probably for *>me time contl no his opperatlons toficlearlng t-he Free State behind him -of raiders and to relieving faafekiug. for which pur pose apparently the eighth DlvlriMi. now arriving at Capo Town, has bSen ordered to Klmberley. Uuly" Sarah Wilson and otliet Marking correspondents sond diaries of the operations there, showing that the Boers have tried, by abandoning their trenches to lure the besieged out j into a mined ambush. Fortunately the , British engineers discovered the mine, | but the wire communications and | unearthed 2D0 pounds o t dynamite and j wax gttlatlno. , Wie the chances lire for an advance to Pretoria may be judged from thc fact that 4ly from 6,000 to 10,000 horses ^ on tJrtlr way to the Cape and frtftt the further fact t hat ti c military tailoring department* within 'he last three weeks began , making woolen khaki uniforms. It s , said U will take at least two months to , pro v I do *00,000 uniforms. Brevities. Charged with systematic robbery ol >n transit Haggage^aster ' Fred Uuvmelstcr, of Buffalo, N*. Y., j was arrested at Toledo, O., and goods worth J3,000 were found in IiIh satchel. j ~T" The North Dakota Populist Conven- j tion split on tho quest ion of voting for 1 Bryan, and the iMlddle-of-tho-Roadors, j being in the minority, will call an* j other State convention. QoMilia fit Via J tfltt?wothi, BgwUI. ? The Journal j ?my: foilil Ooegreesmsa Cfeas. A. ' Town^ of Dntatfc, is * candldMo for j Dm Democratic ?omlnaltoo for Vic* f Prwddsnt Judge LaUvcII. of. the tUdMi iutm Ctremlt Cowt tow. ? e of M* fttot ?? tkH muMki ai Tiim eadl Though sustaining terrible burns. . Mrs. Bridget McCafferty, JanltrefiB, car ried a can of burning turpentine out of a tenement at New York, saving the I buHding. Professor of Rhetoric Hammond La mont, of Brown University, Provi dence. R. I., has resigned to become managing editor of the New York Kvenlng Post. Voting under the referendum, Minne sota Populists declare for Wharton Barker, of Philadelphia, -for Provident, and Ignatius Donnelly for Vice Presi dent. ?? Tie annual New York Stale tax rate for f he next fiscal year Is reduced from 2 40- 100 mills to i 06-100 mills on each dollar of valuation. President W. R. Harper, of the Unl .rmity of Chicaio,^, Is about to ?IsittRutaU to study - political and so eM insUtullois. WEATHER AND CROPS. Warmjr \\ gather-? Corn Planting H?a Begun, riw liiKt portion of the week ending April :uh. i!)v>u, was unusually oool, with light to killing frosts and thin ice on the isi. 1'tul. 3rd, uth anil 6th; t&e lust of tho week was warmer than nHual with n avlmttm lemperatut in (lie i ightiett: There wore scattered showers on the 3rd irnd irh. I?ut the rainfall was light > -? and dM not interfere materially with farm work, t dch hay, during the past , . week, mado rapid progress, and is In many localll ies as advanced as it usu ally Is at this date, while in places the season in said to he from 10 days to two weeks later than usual. Haln is needed in a few sections. Over the i a tern and central coun rnrn planting. .M? uplands," Is Hear ing completion, and lands arq vhygely J'j" t-fJJj ?? , ii^? -? ~~ alrcad\ Imen pi inlod. The conditions lut \ ? ' Im'imi unfavorable for germination, owl uk t?> the coldness of the ground, and early planted corn is coming up slowly to poor stands. , Tolnn co plants arc .-.mall and scarce, > the fliht bed* having been destroyed by tlie cold weather ia February. Rice. Ip - ? ' S being planted under favoraldo soil con ditions. Over the west urn portions o Stat?. preparation of lands is we] \aitceil. although little, if any, pi lias been done, except some corn Horghnm and early gardens. luutb esily in i be we**h- injured ? - plums bcvurely, as well as peaches in fan- western counties, while elsew.here peaches are apparently nnlnjure<I , or only slightly damaged. Pears and pi oh were not advanced enough to be ' hurt. . The uundilion of wheat is very prom ising. but. oats have podt* stands gener ally. Hot!) grains have begun to make rapid grow'h. A large portion of the fall sown oats were winter killed. Rye and barley are heading In places. Truck iM in fairly good condition, hndjphfp ments will begin at about tJie \tsual time* m Notes. i \ cli :> rtt r has been issued tO tho W. K. Se ise Company, which iproposee to( do (i general luHiniainco business. The^ officers of the company are: President, Sol Kohn; \ lee president, Sheldon Scovilh'. secretary, treasurer and man* age-r, Win. Ki ?>ea?e,- Directors: Sol- ? Kolui, Sheldon Seovill, Smoak, J\ A. Addon, F N. Rinirttoon, R. B. Wanna maker. Win. K. Sease, J. F. Sinn m o nrs nnd A . F. PoaiMstlne. "" Tho h-ecrotary of State lvaas grwnterl a Charter to tho Newberry Handle and' Shuttel company of Newberry, capital*' izrd at f 1 0,wt>. The ofltcenraro Trtfr Pool, prciild'on't; and E. OaiDinl&s, wore Lary and treasurer. The Ent? w*rlfe Hank of Ixiurena wa? also chartered. : It Is capitalized at $50;00C. Thp offl> cers aro N. 13. Dial, president; C. H. Roper, cashier, W. Gray, as slutJwU cashier.^? * Prof. Nesom, of Clemson College, the eastern part of the State, where he has? been to inveBtlgate the reported exlcty ence of glanders emong houses. Hq found the d!sarae in Georgetown, Dar lington, Orangeburg and Bomber f| counties. and is afraid it will.epread if{ ?? preventive measures aro. not taken. * Governor M<$>weetvey was very much - : pleased with the action of the mass ?meeting in Charleston in deciding to hold the exposition. ? He is eaitlefied that it will bo a success. The people of the Stale, h6 said, as far as fhe tied heard, ^Jvere in hearty accord with the^ _ undertaking. Outsiders, he sald^ were _ all saying" good things about "The Oily by the Sea" and the exposition would attract uc vr.jiiouey.a?4 JQffiK fiflftt pie bo Charleston. Murder Trial Begun, A special from Chesterfield Court Jloiuse. S. C.,^..?ayai. Tfrg?, trill of Thomas Stein. John, Benjamin aftd Harvey Jaekeon for the^ burning a killing of the negro woman, Boone. In the upper piYt^Mhis nome weeks ago, was /"hipgun befOTl Judge KlUgh. The Htatols r<pr>esat ed by Solicitor JohnsbnT'&nd the deter v dants by W. P. Pollock and it J. Hough. Boer 'riasa. Meeting. Philadelphia, Pa., Special. ? One ef. the greatest demonstrations of sym pathy eyer ahown in tibia city foreign nation, took place night when the Acadejny of D Jammed with people f6r the porpoefr taking part in the Philadetoi*rS6W ?boy*' pro Doer rally. The prUN object of the gathering **? ia MU message of graeang,A<x- PrHllnTll ger, signed "by 22.000 sonoo!* or this city. 9e sreefc'wti crush, mostly of tbe FOnVaVTiplM Hon. that many to get near the door* struggling people wM . tel*! nwkvaMli MNHilMMI